Oceanlinx will attend the All Energy Conference held on 19 and 20 May in Aberdeen, Scotland.

Our UK team will showcase the Oceanlinx technology, in particular our latest significant achievement; an ocean deployed grid connected device named the Mark 3 Pre Commercial (MK3PC) which is located in Port Kembla, Australia. At stand D48 you can have your questions answered by the UK team: Nathan Faulks, Fraser Johnson and Peter Bromley, view video footage, photographs and models demonstrating the Oceanlinx technology and the MK3PC deployment and take away our electronic business card.

It seemed a day that was better suited to formally launch a new wind farm than the country’s first grid-connected wave energy plant: a stiff breeze blew across the factories and smelters that make Port Kembla one of the most energy and emissions-intensive regions in the country, but the ocean itself was calm – not big enough even to pack the long-board.

But marine energy doesn’t need big swells or breakers to generate electrons. It does, however, need a commercially viable technology. As guests and dignitaries gathered under a marquee to celebrate the launch of the third iteration of Oceanlinx’s wave technology – the MK3PC – the question of the barge-like structure was this: Yes, it looks great, but will it work?

Today Oceanlinx is launching its 3rd Generation Wave Energy Converter, the Mk3PC. This latest design and pre-commercial platform, is one of the most efficient and cost-effective wave energy technologies in the global scene today. We are very proud to announce that this unit is the only wave energy device in Australia of this size to be connected to the electrical grid and producing energy. In fact, we are one of very few wave energy developers around the world that have grid connected wave energy devices. To download full media release, click here.

Oceanlinx was recently named by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) as one of the Top Ten Renewable Energy Investment Opportunities in the World. The company was selected by an international panel of experts at the UNIDO Blue Sky Awards ceremony, held at the organization’s  Investment and Technology Promotional Center (ITPC) in Shenzhen, China. The ceremony was held on November 17.